| Foreword | Strategy of Research and Development for Globalization Within the Japanese Food Industry | Mutsuo Iwamoto | Society for Techno-Innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |  |
| Reviews | Sugar Analysis and Utilization of Dietary Fiber from Sweetpotato as a Foodstuff
-Application of Un-Utilized Polysaccharide Resources in Southern Kyushu- | Toshihiko Suganuma
Kanefumi Kitahara
Kiyotaka Fujita | Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University |  |
| Acceleration of Plant and Fungal Growth by a Sugar Alcohol, Erythritol | Kouichi Kuroda
Mitsuyoshi Ueda | Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University |  |
Kazunori Shinji
Masayuki Suzuki | Nikken Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. Research & Development Center |
| Stabilization and Functionalization of Food Ingredients by Plant Cell Cultures | Kei Shimoda | Faculty of Medicine, Oita University |  |
| Hiroki Hamada | Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science |
| Assessments of Functional Foods Using Non-Human Primate Models | Fusako Mitsunaga a,b)
Shin Nakamura a) | a) Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
b) Primate Agora, NPO |  |
| Studies on the Cultivation and the Preparation of Peony Roots | Mamoru Noguchi | Formerly of National Institute of Health Sciences (Osaka Branch) |  |
| Katsuko Ohno | Medical Foundation Kyowakai, Daini Kyoritsu Hospital |
| Effects of Processing and Ingredients on Milk Chocolate Quality | Michelle Prawira
Sheryl A. Barringer | Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University |  |
| ArtTaste | Blessing of Inca VIII
-Varied Main Dishes in the Andes- | Jun Takano |  |  |
Culture and Science of the Acorn X
-Acorns in Europe and America 3- | Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |